UK summons Sudanese envoy over teacher arrest
November 28, 2007 (LONDON) — British Foreign Secretary David Miliband is to summon the Sudanese ambassador in London after a British teacher in Sudan was charged with insulting religion.
British teacher Gillian Gibbons, who was detained in Sudan after her class called a teddy bear Mohammad, was on Wednesday charged with insulting religion.
“The first step is to summon the Sudanese ambassador so we can get a clear explanation for the rationale behind these charges and I think we’ll consider our response in the light of that,” he said.
“We have to establish what the rationale is for the arrest before deciding the next step. Once the foreign secretary has met the Sudanese ambassador we’ll consider further steps.”
(Reuters)
Snappy Diddy
UK summons Sudanese envoy over teacher arrest
The issue at hand is a simple matter that needn’t to be flared up but due to fanatism of such charaters, it has to build up the way its has now. I am only sorry for poor Gidson because the discussions initiated by the British Foreign Secretary may be fruitless because Khartoum has never had any rationale for doing/conducting certain actions….